 Country Gazette - 1978 |
Country Gazette - 1978 |
In the fall of 1978 the new Country Gazette line-up recorded their first album "All this and money too" (Ridge Runner 0017). Country Gazette was Roland White, Alan Munde, Michael Anderson and Joe Carr. Guests were again Dave Ferguson, Slim Richey, Tommy Spurlock, Mike McCarty and Michael J. Dohoney.
Beneath the acoustic instruments they added drums, electric guitar and pedal steel guitar and recorded a fantastic new album. Two Flying Burrito Brothers songs were recorded for that album "I'm your boy" originally titled ("Hot Burrito #2") and "Devil in disguise", also The Beatles song "Eleanore Rigby" written by Lennon/McCartney and the Bob Wills number "Old fashioned love".
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COUNTRY GAZETTE: All This, And Money, Too! |
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- COUNTRY GAZETTE: All this, and money, too! (Ridge Runner 0017) with Alan Munde, Roland White, Joe Carr & Mike Anderson guests: Dave Ferguson, Slim Richey, Tommy Spurlock, Mike McCarty & Michael J. Dohoney
Side A: Love over lonesome/The tracker/Cotton Eyed Joe/Eleanor Rigby/Why don't you tell me so/Broken wing |
The Elton John song "Honky Cat" recorded for the "Don't give up your day job" album 1973 was recorded live at the "6th Annual Telluride Bluegrass and Country Music Festival" (June 22-24, 1979) and released on a sampler by Flying Fish records (224) as "Tellulive" 1980.
| Various Artists: Tellulive |  |
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- VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tellulive (Flying Fish 224)
Country Gazette: Honky Cat
other performers The Doug Dillard Band featuring Byron Berline, Bob Lucas, Dan Crary |
This Gazette line-up recorded an album with Japanese bluegrass band "The Lost City Mad Dogs: Waltz Across Texas" released on Japanese Music Mountain Records (002) 1983. This band toured US in 1979 and 1981. Album was recorded and produced by Slim Richey at Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas, Texas.
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Lost City Mad Dogs with Country Gazette |
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- LOST CITY MAD DOGS: Waltz Across Texas (Music Mountain Records MMR-002) Produced by Lost City Mad Dogs & Slim Richey Lost City Mad Dogs: Shiniche Maeda, Masaya Narita, Sumio Danno, Mamoru Okutani & Yoshitaka Murata. Guests: Roland White, Alan Munde, Joe Carr, Michael Anderson, Slim Richey, Texas Shorty, Robert Bowlin, Bobby Clark, Bob Diffee, Brad Davis, Greg Davis & Darrel Norris.
Side A: Sure beats me/Nobody's love is like mine/Waltz across Texas/Dizzy in Dixie/Come back darlin'/But you know I love you |
There was no Country Gazette release 1979/80 but a live recording of the current line-up (Munde, White, Carr & Anderson) was released 1984 on the Country Gazette album "Live on the road".
The Gazette members recorded again a few solo albums.
First Alan Munde released his "The banjo kid picks again" with all Country Gazette members (Alan Munde, Roland White, Michael Anderson and Joe Carr). Guests were Sam Bush, Slim Richey and Jerry Douglas - produced by Slim Richey.
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ALAN MUNDE: The Banjo Kid Picks Again |
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- ALAN MUNDE: The banjo kid picks again (Ridge Runner 0022) Produced by Slim Richey with Alan Munde, Roland White, Joe Carr, Michael Anderson, Sam Bush, Slim Richey & Jerry Douglas
Side A: Peaches and cream/Hard times/Meloon's tune/Marie/Earl of Broadfield/Sabrosa |
Next was an album by Dan Huckabee (not a Gazette member but playing on a lot of Country Gazette solo albums) with Alan Munde and Michael Anderson and ex-Country Gazette member Dave Ferguson. Title of this album was "Acoustic Steel" which was recorded September 1979.
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- DAN HUCKABEE: Acoustic steel (Ridge Runner 0023) Produced by Bob Diffee with Dan Huckabee, Alan Munde, Michael Anderson, Dave Ferguson, Bob Clark, Robert Bowlin & Rick Jensen
Side A: Daybreak in Dixie/Nobody knows you when you're down and out/Pigtown fling/Rollerskating/Opus 57 |
Note: Dan Huckabee recorded three more albums but without Gazette members.
Also Joe Carr released a solo album "Otter Nonsens" with all Country Gazette members playing on it and guests Slim Richey and Robert Bowlin. This album was recorded Jannuary and February 1980. In the liner notes on that album Joe Carr thanks "The Gazette, Slim, Clarence White, Albert Lee, James Burton, Marty Stuart, Sam Bush, Gerald Jones and all the other players I have borrowed so freely from."
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JOE CARR: Otter Nonsens |
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- JOE CARR: Otter nonsens (Ridge Runner 0024) Produced by Slim Richey with Joe Carr, Alan Munde, Roland White, Michael Anderson, Slim Richey & Robert Bowlin
Side A: Otter nonsens/Cotton patch rag/Alajuba bamalee/Waltz in 4/4/Stoned creek |
| At the end of 1980 Alan Munde recorded two more albums with the Country Gazette members "Festival Favorites Vol. 1" and "Festival Favorites Vol. 2". Players on both albums were Alan Munde, Roland White, Joe Carr, Michael Anderson and as a guest Robert Bowlin on the fiddle. Most songs on those albums were traditional but also songs by Doug Dillard, Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe and others. |
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ALAN MUNDE: Festival Favorites, Volume 1 |
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- ALAN MUNDE: Festival favorites, Volume 1 (Ridge Runner 0026) Produced by Slim Richey with Alan Munde, Roland White, Joe Carr, Mike Anderson & Robert Bowlin
Side A: Devils dream/Santa Claus/Salty dog blues/Foggy Mountain breakdown/Doug's tune/Orange Blossom special |
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ALAN MUNDE: Festival Favorites, Volume 2 |
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- ALAN MUNDE: Festival favorites, Volume 2 (Ridge Runner 0027) Produced by Slim Richey with Alan Munde, Roland White, Joe Carr, Mike Anderson & Robert Bowlin
Side A: Lonesome road blues/Billy boy/Grandfathers clock/Hamilton county breakdown/Salt creek/Kentucky chimes |
After all those solo albums Country Gazette recorded a new album winter 1980/81 with the title "American & Clean". Line-up was Alan Munde, Roland White, Michael Anderson and Joe Carr. Guests were Sam Bush, Slim Richey and Dahrell Norris on drums. Produced again by Slim Richey. All songs on that album, with the exception of two traditional tunes, were written by Texas/Oklahoma area songwriters. One song "Brother Slim" was written by Alan Munde and Byron Berline.
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- COUNTRY GAZETTE: American and clean (Flying Fish 253) Produced by Slim Richey with Roland White, Alan Munde, Joe Carr & Michael Anderson guests Sam Bush, Slim Richey, Dahrell Norris & John Hadley
Side A: Hello Operator/Brother Slim/Highland dream/Georgia/Drowning the flame of love/Love, lost and found/Done gone |
Alan Munde released two more solo albums. 1982 "Festival Favorites, Nashville Sessions" with the whole Gazette band. For this album they recorded the Byron Berline and Roger Bush song "Hot Burrito Breakdown" which was also recorded for the "A traitor in our midst" and also played by the Flying Burrito Brothers/Hot Burrito Revue. Other songs were from Bill Monroe, Eric Wiseberg, Ralph Stanley and traditionals.
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ALAN MUNDE: Festival Favorites, Nashville Sessions |
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- ALAN MUNDE: Festival favorites, Nashville sessions (Ridge Runner 0031) Produced by Slim Richey with Alan Munde, Roland White, Joe Carr, Mike Anderson, Sam Bush, Blaine Sprouse, Jerry Douglas, Marty Stuart, Larry Wexer & Bob French
Side A: Liberty #1/Sweet Dixie/Lady of Spain/John Hardy/Monroe's hornpipe/Liberty #2 |
1983 Alun Munde released: "Festival Favorites, Southwest Sessions", again with Country Gazette but with the exception of Joe Carr. He recorded songs from Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Jesse McReynolds, a selfwritten song and traditionals.
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ALAN MUNDE: Festival Favorites, Southwest Sessions |
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- ALAN MUNDE: Festival favorites, Southwest sessions (Ridge Runner 0032) Produced by Slim Richey with Alan Munde, Roland White, Mike Anderson, Bob French, Robert Bowlin, Mark Land, Bob Clark & Texas Shorty Jim Chancellor
Side A:Bill Cheatem/Oh Suzanna/Baker's breakdown/Dusty Miller/Molly Bloom/Roanoke |